Publisher Codemasters has unleashed the demo for Asobo Studio’s off-road racer FUEL, giving players the chance to try out a small handful of races from a tiny sliver of the game’s massive open world. The game is set in a globally-warmed future where petroleum fuel is scarce, and racers compete on two- and four-wheeled vehicles to win more of it.

The demo, which is now available on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and PC, has two events. Ocean Rush, a career event, is an eight-car race pitting a player against computers, while Blitz Challenge is a single-player race against the clock. Online play for up to 16 is also part of the demo, featuring races on Ocean Rush and another track called Tsunami Reef, but it will only be enabled for two weeks.

The retail game has been on shelves since June 2. Not long after its release, Rock Paper Shotgun writer Jim Rossignol sat down with the game for a full day, intent on circumnavigating the reported 5,500 square miles of game world. He did it in roughly eight hours non-stop, but along the way he took screenshots of his journey and created what might have been video gaming’s first documented road trip. The scenery is incredibly diverse, with a number of cues like airplane graveyards and settlements like Dustbowl City contributing to the quasi-apocalyptic atmosphere. It’s a fascinating read.